It’s been a long old while, but I thought, I have to get back to creating, and why not start with one of Charli’s 99-word fiction challenges!
November 19, 2020, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story that glorifies a toilet. Capture the marvel and status and love for a contraption we’d rather not mention. Go where the prompt leads!
Hole In One
“But I need to go, right now!” Serena squirmed in the backseat of the car.
“Hold on. It’s not like England, here.” Her mother leaned forward. “Will we be able to stop soon?” She asked her husband, sitting in the passenger seat, as the driver weaved between the traffic.
“Not long.”
They pulled up at a small roadside restaurant, with a few tables set, haphazardly, outside.
“There.” The driver pointed to a tatty door.
Serena ran in, and straight out.
“That was quick!”
“I can’t go in there. It’s just a hole!”
“Welcome to India Memsahib!” The driver grinned.
That’s the first fiction I have written since August!
Hope you enjoy!
Dec 03, 2020 @ 07:20:38
Oh, that child will have an adjustment! 😀
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Dec 03, 2020 @ 07:20:52
Absolutely!!!! 😉
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Nov 22, 2020 @ 23:09:02
That made me laugh!
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Nov 23, 2020 @ 06:45:18
Happy to raise a giggle!!
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Nov 23, 2020 @ 13:27:03
😀
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Nov 22, 2020 @ 22:50:48
Lol – A great answer to the challenge! Treadition is beating all. 😉 Michael
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Nov 23, 2020 @ 06:44:58
Thanks, Bro!
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Nov 23, 2020 @ 14:41:59
Iam always honored,Sis!
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Nov 21, 2020 @ 16:19:31
Crack up! Learning from even the smallest things – and to be grateful too! LOL
xoxo 😘💕🌹
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Nov 21, 2020 @ 16:53:03
Glad you enjoyed, Chuck!!!
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Jan 24, 2021 @ 14:54:05
Yes, it was great, Ritu!!
xoxox 😘💕🌹
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Nov 21, 2020 @ 16:17:41
Enjoy! It could be the 100th word!
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Nov 21, 2020 @ 16:53:15
Thank you 🥰
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Nov 21, 2020 @ 14:39:53
Travel and toilets, a story waiting to happen 🙂 Brilliant, Ritu !
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Nov 21, 2020 @ 16:54:04
Thank you 🥰
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Nov 21, 2020 @ 14:39:03
I haven’t done mine yet Ritu! Better put my thinking cap on. 🤔
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Nov 21, 2020 @ 16:54:28
Get going, lovely!!
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Nov 21, 2020 @ 11:03:41
I think there are still a few of those types of toilets in the UK. I saw one in a restaurant which overlooked a river. The hole had a grill across it, and anything that went through ended up in the river. 😱
Welcome back, Ritu.
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Nov 21, 2020 @ 11:05:15
Ooer!!!
I just hate the ‘hover and hope’ approach!!!
Thanks, Hugh 🥰
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Nov 21, 2020 @ 01:30:03
😀
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Nov 21, 2020 @ 07:51:59
😃
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Nov 21, 2020 @ 00:16:02
Been there, done that! 😉
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Nov 21, 2020 @ 07:52:14
😃😃😃
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Nov 20, 2020 @ 20:02:48
Haha, sis! That was a great comeback!!
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Nov 20, 2020 @ 20:15:35
Thank you Sis! Much appreciated!!! 🥰🥰
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Nov 21, 2020 @ 18:26:43
😁👍💖
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Nov 20, 2020 @ 19:51:04
That made me laugh Ritu! x
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Nov 20, 2020 @ 20:15:11
Glad to raise a giggle!
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Nov 20, 2020 @ 19:34:57
Love this!!
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Nov 20, 2020 @ 20:14:41
Thank you 🥰
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Nov 20, 2020 @ 18:56:47
I loved it!!!!
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Nov 20, 2020 @ 20:14:29
Thank you!!!
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Nov 20, 2020 @ 18:54:00
The prettiest path to a toilet I’ve ever seen!
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Nov 20, 2020 @ 20:14:12
Ha ha! Glad you enjoyed!
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Nov 20, 2020 @ 18:48:31
Or France. Welcome home Sis , so good to read your words ….. It’s been too long 💜
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Nov 20, 2020 @ 20:14:00
Thank you so.much, Sis! Writing creative words for the first time in so long felt like I was coming home 🥰
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Nov 20, 2020 @ 20:18:25
And so you are 💜💜💜
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Nov 20, 2020 @ 20:19:33
💜💜💜
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Nov 20, 2020 @ 20:54:42
💜💜
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Nov 20, 2020 @ 18:26:56
😀 One of my Facebook friends traveled last year, and kept posting bathroom pictures with numbers. It turned out that she always rates the bathrooms of where she travels!
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Nov 20, 2020 @ 18:37:11
There are some interesting bathroom experiences to share, out there!
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Nov 21, 2020 @ 14:41:43
I get that. I rate restaurants & cafes by the state of their toilets. Then the food.
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Nov 20, 2020 @ 18:23:20
Brilliant! I would say you met the brief perfectly. (By the way the only time that happened to me was in St Peter’s Square, Milan, quite a few years ago. They weren’t holes in the floor, but they were bad enough to warrant my sister and I rushing out again and choosing to hold on….)
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Nov 20, 2020 @ 18:36:42
It’s one of my worst nightmares, Sheila, the old Eastern toilet! If we visit the in-laws villages back home, I hold myself until we get back to our house that has the Western toilet, as. my Mum in law’s family only have the hole one!!!
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Nov 20, 2020 @ 18:48:20
I remember them from when I visited India quite a long time ago (a visit I still remember vividly).
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Nov 20, 2020 @ 20:13:17
They definitely are memorable!
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